There is very little consensus by doctors and scientists on the IOC’s recommendation.
In fact the guidelines went under further scrutiny after that article was written.
The IOC had to come up with arbitrary numbers on the amounts of hormones that TGs are allowed to be tested for.
Seems the sports world isn’t too keen on Doping. Which is exactly what this transgender issue amounts to.
And lot’s of other competing athletes aren’t happy about it either. Go figure!

Doctors and scientists are struggling to find a fair median level at which transgender people keep their artificial hormone levels at.
Period!
So it looks like the Olympics are just bending under social pressure to allow some people to use doping while it is not allowed for others.

The IOC has rushed this through to meet the pressures of Interest groups who threaten revenue streams/advertisers for the IOC.
Because the Olympics are all about money. We see this all the time.

In my brief little research on this matter I saw nothing but articles that eschewed “old science” and did everything they could to
celebrate the cause of diversity and LGBQT rights.

It’s doping plain and simple. Cheating. It’s weird.
What do these levels of intense competition and Identity Disorders do to people?
It’s been going on in the circus of the Olympics for along time.

There is very little consensus by doctors and scientists on the IOC’s recommendation.
In fact the guidelines went under further scrutiny after that article was written.
The IOC had to come up with arbitrary numbers on the amounts of hormones that TGs are allowed to be tested for.
Seems the sports world isn’t too keen on Doping. Which is exactly what this transgender issue amounts to.
And lot’s of other competing athletes aren’t happy about it either. Go figure!

Doctors and scientists are struggling to find a fair median level at which transgender people keep their artificial hormone levels at.
Period!
So it looks like the Olympics are just bending under social pressure to allow some people to use doping while it is not allowed for others.

The IOC has rushed this through to meet the pressures of Interest groups who threaten revenue streams/advertisers for the IOC.
Because the Olympics are all about money. We see this all the time.

In my brief little research on this matter I saw nothing but articles that eschewed “old science” and did everything they could to
celebrate the cause of diversity and LGBQT rights.

It’s doping plain and simple. Cheating. It’s weird.
What do these levels of intense competition and Identity Disorders do to people?
It’s been going on in the circus of the Olympics for along time.

Who knows? It’s a circus.
It’s not about sports…it’s more like a reality TV show that whores itself out for ratings.
The good thing is I think we’ve seen the peak of this kind of thing in the Olympics and sports.
It’s more trouble than it’s worth for just about all parties concerned.

I think smarter people can see that it will eventually boil down to Men vs. all comers.
The poor females who devoted their lives to good, clean sport and competition will be left out of the running.
Unless they want to convert over to being a male too….

As for Vyazma’s comments, if being male to female transgender gave athletes an advantage we’d see such people dominating women’s sports. But that is just a red herring to the important issue.

No, there’s isn’t even enough anecdotal evidence on that issue.
There plenty of other attributes that people have that make them excel in sports. Natural ability, height, training, coaching etc…

Why in the world would you think we would see such people dominating sports? There’s nothing that points towards that.

None of this however takes away from frustration that coaches, athletes and fans have towards this issue.
The competitors don’t want anybody having advantages whether they are gold medalists or also rans.
They don’t want mysteries or question marks. It’s that simple.

That’s probably why the few TG athletes in this past Olympics chose to remain closeted-unknown.
Because it’s like I said above-It’s more trouble than it’s worth, for everybody.

As for Vyazma’s comments, if being male to female transgender gave athletes an advantage we’d see such people dominating women’s sports. But that is just a red herring to the important issue.

I was using the term “us” as in society, but I do take this somewhat personally. I have a very young son who I don’t want to have lopping off his penis, because of people like you telling him that he might be a woman in a mans body. Is that good enough for you?
Probably not. You’re the type of guy who will be willing to tell a child that ALL gender is SUBJECTIVE, and that he may be a woman in a mans body. That actually pisses me off quite a bit. I know this is a shock to a person like you. I’m ok if my SON comes to his own conclusions as to what he believes, but I don’t need jackasses pushing him to a liberal agenda.

As for Vyazma’s comments, if being male to female transgender gave athletes an advantage we’d see such people dominating women’s sports. But that is just a red herring to the important issue.

I was using the term “us” as in society, but I do take this somewhat personally. I have a very young son who I don’t want to have lopping off his penis, because of people like you telling him that he might be a woman in a mans body. Is that good enough for you?
Probably not. You’re the type of guy who will be willing to tell a child that ALL gender is SUBJECTIVE, and that he may be a woman in a mans body. That actually pisses me off quite a bit. I know this is a shock to a person like you. I’m ok if my SON comes to his own conclusions as to what he believes, but I don’t need jackasses pushing him to a liberal agenda.

That’s a straw man argument. No one is pushing your son to believe anything thing. Your paranoia is controlling your thinking.

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